More from Patrick Brzeski
Hirokazu Koreeda Opens Up About His Tender Coming-of-Age Drama ‘Look Back’: “I Was Tearful the Entire Time I Made This Film”
The live-action adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s wildly popular manga features remarkable performances from its young leads and is premiering in competition at the Venice Film Festival.
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Laura Poitras Shares the Urgent Vision Behind Her ICE Documentary ‘They’re Here’: “What’s Happening in the United States Is a Nightmare”
Speaking in Venice ahead of the film's world premiere, the Oscar-winning filmmaker and co-director Rachel Lauren Mueller described how their doc uses the language of horror and dystopian cinema to challenge the normalization of ICE violence in Minneapolis.
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Sabu’s ‘Arrested Memory’ Turns a Kidnapping Thriller Into an Amnesiac Cop Comedy
The cult director discusses the creation of his Taiwan-set action-comedy, a deliberate riff on Kurosawa's 'High and Low,' and why shooting outside Japan left him "invigorated."
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Lee Chang-dong’s ‘Possible Love’ Emerges as Venice Film Festival Sensation
The Korean maestro’s first movie since ‘Burning’ reunites him with stars Jeon Do-yeon and Sul Kyung-gu and arrives as Korea’s international Oscar submission and Netflix's leading awards contender.
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Liam and Noel Gallagher Lock Arms at Venice Premiere of ‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger’
The two-hour documentary captures the brothers’ blockbuster Oasis Live ’25 reunion with intimate interviews and unprecedented access to rehearsals, backstage and stadium performances.
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Paul Schrader Tears Up at ‘The Basics of Philosophy’ Venice Premiere
Jack Huston leads Schrader’s latest meditation on guilt and redemption, alongside Sofia Boutella and Bill Pullman.
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‘Wild Horse Nine,’ With Sam Rockwell and John Malkovich, Gets Venice’s First Rapturous Reception of 2026
Martin McDonagh's new awards contender features a stacked cast of character actors — Sam Rockwell, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits and Parker Posey — and is set amid the towering Moai statues of Easter Island in the 1970s.
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Martin McDonagh Discusses His CIA Drama ‘Wild Horse Nine,’ Set in a Time When “Horrible People Had Intelligence”
The Oscar-winning filmmaker said his 1973-set tale of CIA operatives in Chile — which premieres in Venice Thursday — has taken on an unexpectedly contemporary resonance amid renewed debate over U.S. intervention abroad.
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Danny Boyle’s Rupert Murdoch Drama ‘Ink’ Gives Venice a Rollicking Start on Opening Night
Guy Pearce stars as Rupert Murdoch opposite Jack O’Connell’s Larry Lamb in Danny Boyle's Venice opener, which chronicles the transformation of ‘The Sun’ into Britain’s dominant tabloid.
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George Clooney Challenges Authoritarians in Powerful Speech in Venice: “Stories Are Always Dangerous to People Who Peddle in Fear”
Laura Dern presented the Hollywood star with Venice’s career honor during Wednesday’s opening ceremony with a little help from his famous friends like Brad Pitt, Adam Sandler and Steven Soderbergh.
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Forget the Red Carpet — Venice’s Real Stars Are in the Documentaries This Year
From an Elon Musk expose to an intimate Oasis reunion, this year’s non-fiction lineup might be the fest’s biggest draw.
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Maggie Gyllenhaal Takes on Venice Film Festival’s Lack of Women in Competition: “There’s a Systemic Problem”
The ‘Lost Daughter’ filmmaker met the press alongside her fellow Golden Lion jurors as the politically charged 83rd Venice Film Festival prepared to open Wednesday.
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